Design Free Thursday // Screen Lovers by Eli Craven.Idaho-based Eli Craven splices and joins vintage photographs of famous couples, creating bizarre and hilarious collages. His Screen Lovers series depicts fictional and iconic movie couples manipulated into genius masterpieces, sometimes...
Herman Miller Presents — George Nelson: Architect, Designer, Writer, Teacher.Mid-century modern lovers - rejoice! I am excited to let you know that Herman Miller are bringing the exhibition "George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher" to Australia. George Nelson (1908-1986) was one of the most influential...
Little Trace Of // Sydney Artist Philjames.Sydney artist Philjames is an elusive character. He doesn't have a website and he doesn't like to show his face in public. "Yeah, I kinda like the incognito thing. Not that I'm trying to be Banksy or anything, I just don't like posing for...
Oh Kappetain, My Kappetain // Los Angeles Home of Architect Ray Kappe.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – LA houses like this are what happens when modernist ideas go to the coast, unwinds by the beach, and unravels in all this louche, approachable brilliance. This is the sort of modern house...
Gothic Office by Jessica Helgerson Interior Design // Portland.I am super excited to share with you this luxurious private office designed by Jessica Helgerson Interior Design (JHID), with Emily Knudsen Leland as lead designer and project manager in charge. Located in an 1870s historic gothic revival...
Fun House by UdA Architetti // Holiday Apartment Renovation in Juan Les Pins, France.A little while ago, I dedicated an entire post to the sensational Turin-based multidisciplinary studio UdA Architetti. Back then, I eloquently described their work as "shit hot design with truckload of personality". How lady-like of me....
Design Free Thursday // Hand Coloured Photos of Japan from 1886.There is something truly beautiful and mysterious about old photographs. For me, they are an endless source of inspiration and intrigue. Needless to say, I've fallen in love with these dream-like images of Japan from 1886, documented by...
Hôtel Paradis, Paris.Hôtel Paradis in Paris is a boutique hotel in the capital's 10th arrondissement, recently transformed by French designer Dorothée Meilichzon. Ms Meilichzon successfully combined vintage, mid-century and modern elements to create a rich...
Design Free Thursday // Bulldogs in Fancy Dress.You can go right ahead and consider this post to be my token tribute to Halloween. Or not. Either way, I find these images of bulldogs sporting fancy dress outfits intriguing, amusing and just plain hilarious, particularly given they date...
